No. 6: Energy savings have been disputed

No. 6: Energy savings have been disputed

Baltimore Sun

No. 6: Energy savings have been disputed Indiana didn't switch over to Daylight Saving Time until 2006. So it was used recently to test the claim that Daylight Saving Time actually saves energy. A working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2008 found that the time switch actually increase electricity usage. "Consistent with Benjamin Franklin's original conjecture, DST is found to save on electricity used for illumination, but there are increases in electricity used for heating and cooling," the report read.

No. 6: Energy savings have been disputed Indiana didn't switch over to Daylight Saving Time until 2006. So it was used recently to test the claim that Daylight Saving Time actually saves energy. A working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2008 found that the time switch actually increase electricity usage. "Consistent with Benjamin Franklin's original conjecture, DST is found to save on electricity used for illumination, but there are increases in electricity used for heating and cooling," the report read. (Baltimore Sun)

No. 6: Energy savings have been disputed Indiana didn't switch over to Daylight Saving Time until 2006. So it was used recently to test the claim that Daylight Saving Time actually saves energy. A working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2008 found that the time switch actually increase electricity usage. "Consistent with Benjamin Franklin's original conjecture, DST is found to save on electricity used for illumination, but there are increases in electricity used for heating and cooling," the report read.